Miguel Olavide Montes (born 5 March 1996) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

CD El Ejido Club Polideportivo El Ejido 1969 is a Spanish football club based in El Ejido, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1989 under the name of El Ejido Fútbol Sala (was only a futsal club until 2012), it currently plays in Segunda D ...

as a

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Football career

Born in

Pamplona Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

, Olavide graduated from

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El Sa ...

's youth setup. He made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2013–14 campaign in the

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. On 15 November 2014 Olavide made his first-team debut, replacing fellow youth graduate

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in a 0–1 home loss against

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

in the

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, being also

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in the 89th minute. The following 29 August, he renewed his contract until 2019. Olavide contributed with 30 appearances during the 2015–16 season, as his side achieved promotion to

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

through the play-offs. He made his debut in the category on 22 September 2016, replacing

Álex Berenguer Alejandro "Álex" Berenguer Remiro (born 4 July 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Athletic Bilbao. He began his career at Osasuna in 2014, and played in Italy with Torino for three seasons before joining Athle ...

in a 1–2 home loss against

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

. On 7 May 2017, Olavide scored his first professional goal, but in a 1–4 loss at

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

. On 29 August, he extended his contract until 2019 and was immediately loaned to

Sevilla Atlético Sevilla Atlético is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1950, it is the reserve team of Sevilla FC. It plays in Segunda Federación, and holds home games ...

in the second division, for one year.El Club Atlético Osasuna renueva a Olavide, que se marcha cedido al Sevilla Atlético (Club Atlético Osasuna renew Olavide, who goes out on loan at Sevilla Atlético)
CA Osasuna, 29 August 2017

Honours

Osasuna *

: 2018–19

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olavide, Miguel 1996 births Living people Footballers from Pamplona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CA Osasuna B players CA Osasuna players Sevilla Atlético players Hércules CF players CD El Ejido players